In Black and White

Mixing things up

I'm going to be testing out a few new looks in the upcoming days. Just so you know.

MLB Playoff Predictions (Update)

 First off- Division Series.

AL:
New York Yankees vs. Minnesota Twins- Winner: Yankees
Los Angeles Angels vs. Boston Red Sox- Winner: Angels

NL:
Philadelphia Phillies vs. Colorado Rockies- Winner: Phillies
St. Louis Cardinals vs. Los Angeles Dodgers- Winner: Dodgers

I correctly picked all four of the Division Series winners.


Championship Series
AL:
New York Yankees vs. Los Angeles Angels- Winner: Yankees

NL:
Philadelphia Phillies vs. L.A. Dodgers- Winner: Dodgers Phillies

World Series
New York Yankees vs. Philadelphia Phillies- Winner:Yankees. In an intense 7 game series.

I know I'm not going out on much of a limb with my predictions- but I want to see the two best teams in baseball play each other in the world series. I'll be happy with anything that doesn't involve the Red Sox.

So I only got two things wrong- Phillies represented the NL instead of the Dodgers, and the W.S. was only 6 games. Not too shabby.

This guy writes better than I do...

A few days ago I tried to write out my thoughts on this subject- But- I'm not really a good writer. I saw this- Mr. Martin here conveyed my feelings better than I could.

By Roland S. Martin

(CNN) -- Whenever President Obama has traveled overseas and offered pointed and direct assessments of the United States, some of them critical, Republicans have ripped him for criticizing America, saying a president should always defend the United States.
So I want to hear the explanation by these so-called patriots of their giddy behavior over the United States losing the 2016 Olympic Games.

Yes, the United States. The bid that was rejected Friday by the International Olympic Committee was not a Chicago, Illinois, bid. It was the official bid submitted by the United States Olympic Committee and was representative of the nation. Tokyo's bid was that of Japan; Madrid's was that of Spain; and Rio de Janeiro's was that of Brazil.

Republicans want to spin the decision as a massive loss by President Obama and the Democrats who have always controlled Chicago politics.
"Hahahahaha," wrote Erick Erickson on the conservative "RedState" blog, "I thought the world would love us more now that Bush was gone."

What the critics don't see is that Obama's loss on the Olympics is America's loss. Any red-blooded American who loves to see the American flag raised and the national anthem played when one of our own wins a gold medal should blast the Republicans' giddiness over the loss.

I can recall crying along with millions of Americans when our hockey team beat the Russians and won the hockey gold in 1980. Where were those games? Lake Placid, New York. Euphoria spread all across the nation, not only because we beat the mighty Russians, but also because it took place on American soil.
When Carl Lewis and Mary Lou Retton dominated the 1984 Olympic Games, we all beamed with pride because they represented the United States on American soil in Los Angeles, California.

And when Michael Johnson stormed around the track to obliterate the world record in the 200-meter dash (since broken by Jamaica's Usain Bolt), we relished the win as he took a victory lap around the stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.
Americans love home field advantage, and we always desire to show the rest of the world what we are made of.

I don't care if Republicans want to rip President Obama over going to Copenhagen, Denmark, to pitch for the games. This isn't about politics. It's not about ideology. This is about America. OUR pride. Our chance to shine. Our loss of the games.

So, to all the critics happy about us losing the 2016 games, turn in your flag lapel pins and stop boasting of being so patriotic. When an American city loses, like New York did in the the last go-round, we all lose. And all you critics are on the same level as the America haters all across the world.

You should be shouted down for not backing your own country. The next time any of you bang out a press release about "Buy American" or "Support our troops," remember this moment when your cynical, callous and small-minded brains happily rejoiced when America lost the 2016 Olympic Games.

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Agreed.

College

I started going to Shoreline Community College last Wednesday- taking one class (English 100). It's so fun. Some interesting things have happened so far. I used Plato's Allegory of the Cave to share part of my testimony to my class, which was cool- a lot of people just looked at me with blank stares- but a few people looked interested- and one girl even came up and said she appreciated that I shared. Cool stuff. Also- I had a small debate with a man on Campus grounds who had a picture of our president with a Hitler style mustache photoshopped on. I asked him how someone who experienced the holocaust would feel about the poster- and how he felt it was okay to compare Obama to a mass murderer. There were no mentions of politics involved. His arguments all fell apart- and he offered me some literature, which I declined.

Anyways
Something new.
There it is.

the fair

Home from camp! I went to the Evergreen State Fair on Friday with my family and Emily. Here are some pictures...

The Resistance

09-14-09
I'm so excited for this album to come out. I've been listening to the preview clips recently- be excited my friends, be very excited.